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Show FEDERALS ! IN RETREAT Remnant of the Army Reaches Empalme Abandon Quantities of Ammunition and Supplies Sup-plies 500 Regulars Lost in Last Battle Nogales, Ariz. May 16 A remnant of the federal army uudor (General Gil is believed to have reached Empalme. Em-palme. a suburb of Guavmas. according accord-ing to advices received here today Sunda the federals abandoned quan tities or ammunition ana supplier which were seized Immediately by the Constitutionalists. Colonel Hill was sent with his insurgent troops to Intercept the fleeing federals, but their reported arrival at Empalme indicates in-dicates that Hill was unable to stop their retreat. American refuireoc arriving today confirm the report of General Obre-gon Obre-gon state commander, that 50ti federals fed-erals were killed in the fighting south of Ouaymaa while sixty Constitutlon-alisis Constitutlon-alisis w.tc killed and thirteen wound-1 ed. They attribute the heavy federal losses 'o the disorderly retreat Refugee! from the front report that only 1200 of the federal arm which , originally number 2r.oo, reached Empalme Em-palme South of the state troop3 base at Ortiz wire communication is interrupted and the general confusion confu-sion thus far has permitted few definite def-inite details to reach the state capital capi-tal at Hermosillo It Is asserted,1 however, that the state roops will attack Kmpalme and Guaymas, if ilif-assault ilif-assault is not already In progress. General Alvaro Obregon has be q made I brigadier general by Governor ( arranza of t'oahulla. head of the j revolutionary army. |